belted-kingfisher

belted kingfisher

noun
a grayish-blue, North American kingfisher, Ceryle alcyon, having a white breast marked with a grayish-blue band.

Origin:
1805–15, Americanism

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belted kingfisher

noun
greyish-blue North American kingfisher with a chestnut band on its chest 
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